Comet Holmes: WOW

Well, Comet 17/P Holmes did not disappoint! It is incredibly bright, at least magnitude 3 if not a hair brighter. I was able to get several images of it. The shots below have terrible contrast, but click them for embiggened ones on Flickr which look tons better.

It’s maybe not as bright as Mirfak, but it’s close. It’s redder, and through binoculars is definitely not star-like. My back is killing me, or else I’d have the ‘scope on this in a hot second. I imagine it’s petty cool under magnification!